Origin Story


Bodisutra is a cartoon about enlightenment, just as Snoopy is a cartoon about a thinking dog. How it came about is a bit of a mystery. It definitely was not planned. Nathan Curry, the creator of Bodisutra, has lived in 32 countries and travelled in over 80. He has studied evolutionary biology and nuclear fusion, Sanskrit and psychotherapy, worked on whale research ships, built companies and schools and taught in universities across the globe. He used to manage Shakespeare and Company Bookstore in Paris and run his own language school. He has seen the worst of humanity and the best of it. 


In his 30th year, Nathan moved to India to study yoga, after a series of powerful dreams and visions. A decade later, Bodisutra emerged out of his reaction to a humorous story told about Vyasa, the author of the Bhagavad Gita (and other great classics), by his yoga teacher in Chennai, TKV Desikachar, and a "chance" meeting with a puppy in the Himalaya. 


The story of Bodisutra began to garner legs on the Tibetan plateau. Nathan had gone to Tibet to visit Mount Kailash, the home of the Buddha and Siva and Parvati. It was born out of a serendipitous set of journeys and a profound life.